Weekly Obituaries Roundup
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Deaths for the week ending 20 April 2002:
Sunday, 14 April 2002
Buck Baker, auto racer (NASCAR), 83.
Charles H. Mullen, tobacco producer (American Tobacco Co.), cause not reported, 74.
Monday, 15 April 2002
Rusty Burrell, court bailiff ("The People's Court"), of lung cancer, 76.
Damon Knight, science fiction author ("To Serve Man"), cause not reported, 79.
Byron White, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1962-93), of pneumonia, 84.
Tuesday, 16 April 2002
Ruth Fertel, restaurateur (Ruth's Chris Steak House), cause not reported, 75.
Wahoo McDaniel, pro football player and wrestler, of kidney failure and diabetes, 63.
Robert Urich, actor ("Spenser: For Hire"), of cancer, 55.
Thursday, 18 April 2002
Jerry Heidenreich, swimmer (1972 Olympics), of suicide (no details reported), 52.
Thor Heyerdahl, anthropologist (Kon-Tiki), 87.
Wayne Hightower, NBA basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors), of a heart attack, 62.
Friday, 19 April 2002
Reginald Rose, playwright (Twelve Angry Men), 81.
Saturday, 20 April 2002
Alan Dale, singer ("Heart of My Heart"), after a long illness, 73.